California Court of Appeal

In a class action suit alleging wage and hour violations, trial court's judgment in favor of the defendants is affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded where: 1) grant of summary judgment was proper as to the count for failure to pay promised vacation benefits to current employees but improper as to the count for failure to pay vacation benefits due upon termination of employment; 2) the denial of plaintiffs' motion to exclude witnesses from testifying at trial was proper; 3) the finding that plaintiffs were exempt from federal overtime compensation requirements pursuant to the motor carrier exemption was proper; 4) plaintiffs have shown no instructional error; and 5) the attorney fee award to defendant as the prevailing party must be reversed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/05/2012
• Published 09/05/2012

Judges

• Croskey

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel